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Sky Notes anniversary feature – Comets

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Comet Ikeya-Zhang; Date 2002 March 21. JCV (film), 400mm f/5.6 lens using Fujicolour 400 ASA, Pentax Super “A” SLR attached to the tube of a Meade 178mm Maksutov (cradle, fork mounting); exposure 4.5, minutes manual guiding; The length of the comet’s tail is 4.5 arc degrees. Site:Braes, Sourin Valley, Rousay, Orkney. Note: there was a seven-day-old Moon contributing to sky glow.)